Wardrobe-bedstead



A 3 casin g.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SETH WINSLOW, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

WARDROBE-BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,479, dated December 14, 1880. Application filed March 20, 1877.

. 5 Improvements in Wardrobe-Bedsteads, of

which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1. represents a longitudicalvertical section of a bedstead IO embodyingmyimprovements,showing the bedbody lowered. Fig. 2 represents a similar section showing the bed-body raised. Fig. 3 represents a transverse section on the plane of line 01; ac, Fig. Fig. 4 represents a section on I5 the plane of line 3 y, Fig. 3'; and.Fig. 5 represents a detached view of one corner of the bed-body.

My invention relates to that class of wardrobe-bedsteads in which the tilting or swingin g bed-body is pivoted to the stationary headframe 01* casing at four pointsviz., by two inner pivots at the head of the bed-body and two outer pivots between the head and the center ot'the body-these pivots bein g arranged in pairs and projecting outwardly from corresponding points on the opposite sides of the bed-body. The outer pivots constitute the fulcrums on which the body turns, and sustain the entire weight of the body when it is in a 3 vertical position, and support the inner end of the body when it is in a horizontal position, the inner pivots constituting sliding hinges and preventing the bed-body from being moved longitudinally away from the head-piece or Hence, when the outer pivots slide or run horizontally they must be located at such distance from the inner pivots, and from the floor on which the bedstead rests, as to support the bed-body at such height that when it 4 is in a vertical position its lower or inner end will not strike the floor, and when in a horizontal position it will not be so high above the floor as to interfere with its convenient use and neat appearance as a bed. These require- 4 5 ments, when a lowor French bedstead is desired, necessitate the locating of the outer pivots at points so near the inner end of the bed-body as to interfere with the desirable approximate equilibrium of the bed-body, making the weight of the outer portion of the body so greatly in excess of the weight of the inner portion as to render the operation of raising and lowering the body quite difficult.

My invention has for its object to enable the outer pivots of this class of bedsteads to be located sufficiently far from the inner end of the body as to produce the desired approximate equilibrium without supporting the body at too high a point when in a horizontal position, or allowing its lower or inner end to come in contact with the floor when in a vertical position.

My invention consists, essentially, of a wardrobe-bedstead provided with horizontal and inclined grooves and vertical guide-grooves, in a permanent frame, adapted to combine with a movable frame provided with changeable fulcrums and certain pivots, whereby the said movable frame may be lifted and folded up to said permanent frame, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In thedrawin gs, A represents the head-piece or casing, which is composed of two vertical side pieces, A, extended forward at their bases and connected at suitable points by crossbars. The side pieces are provided at their inner sides with vertical grooves or guides 13 and obtuse-angled grooves or guides O, the latter being composed of horizontal portions 1 and inclined portions 2, arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

D represents the bed-body. E represents the inner pivots, which are composed of friction-rollers located at the opposite ends of a cross-bar, D, extending across the head or inner end of the body. These rollers project into the grooves B, by which they are guided.

F represents the outer pivots or fulcrums, which are composed of friction-rollers located on the outer sides of the bed-body between the inner end and the center thereof, and project into the guides G, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. \Vhen the bed-body is in a horizontal position the fulcrums F rest in the inclined portions 2 of the guides (J, as shown in Fig.1; and when the body is in a vertical position the fulcrums rest in the horizontal portions 1 of the guides O, as shown in Fig. 2.

It will be seen that when the body D is turned upwardly the fulcrums F will move up the inclines 2 and be gradually elevated thereby until they enter the horizontal portions 1,

can be applied and removed while the bedbody is in a vertical position.

L represents the swinging foot-piece that supports the foot of the bed-body, this piece being hinged to the body and adapted to swing downwardly when the body is raised,as shown so that when the body is in a vertical position its fulcrums are supported at a higher point than when it is in a horizontal position. Bythis arrangeincntof the guidcsC, I am enl abled to locate the fulcrums F comparatively near the centerof the bed-body without causing them to support the bed-body at too high a in Fig. .5. point when the body is horizontal or at too l M representsajointed brace, whichextends low a point when it is vertical. 1 thus secure from the bottom of the bed-body to the outer a closer approximate equilibrium than would I end of the foot-piece L. One of the parts of be attainable if the guides C wereentirely horil the brace M is provided with a projection or zontal, and am enabled to secure perfect equitongue, m, and the other with a spring, m. librium by applying less weight to the inner When the piece L is swung outwardly andthe end of the bed-body than heretofore in beds brace M is nearly straightened the spring m of this class. i bears against the projection m and straightens The connterbalancingweight may be apthe brace automatically, operating like the plied to the inner end of the bed-body in any i spring of a pocket-knife and preventing the desired manner. I pret'erto employ a metallic l brace from folding until the bed is lifted. bar, G, which isadapted toslide in the grooves The rollers H are supported on trunnions B and rest on the cross-bar I). Ifdesired the O, which are formed on or rigidly attached to crossbar 1) may be made of metal and used plates l, these forming parts of angular braces as a weight. itbeing important that the weight I, which are attached to the corners of the be located at the inner edgeot' the body when bod l), as shown in Fig. 5. The rollers or the latter is raised, in order that the center of fulcrnms l are supported on trnnnions pass gravity may be kept inside of the tulcrums F. 5 ing through the sides of the body 1), as shown Lrepresentsthe head-lmard,\vhich is applied in Fig. i). to the side pieces, A, in any desired manner. The guides 0 may be curved instead of an- I prefer to apply it so that it can be removed, gular, aml their lower ends may terminate in and for this purpose locate it in the grooves horizontal portions, if desired. B, and secure it in place by screws or other rel claimmovable fastening devices. The permanent frame ot'a wardrobe-bedstead The guidesU are formed in detachable pieces provided with horizontal and inclined grooves H, which are provided with dowels I I and l l l i i i C and guide-grooves B. in combination with elongated mortises J. The side pieces, A',are l l l l l l l l i i themovable frame 1), provided with the changerecessed to receive the pieces I], and are proable fulerums l and pivots E, substantially vided with holes to receive the dowels I, and

as and for the purpose set forth. with tenons K, which enter the mortises J. In testimon whereof I have signed my The pieces 11 are thus adapted to slide horiname to this specification in the presence of zontally into the recesses in the side pieces, two subscribing witnesses. and when in place areprevented from moving in any directiomexcept outwardly, by the walls of the recesses, the dowels, and the tenons. The horizontal portions of the guides (I extend to the ends of the pieces I], so that the latter SETH WINSLOW. \Vitnesses:

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